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Sandy and his wife Jane live in the village of Torphins near Banchory on Royal Deeside. He was born and raised in the area and has lived there all his life. Torphins main claim to fame is that it is situated three miles south-east of the hamlet of Lumphanan, where William Shakespeare’s infamous villain Macbeth was killed on 15 August 1057. It is also host to a popular vintage vehicle rally held each summer.
Sandy’s family is involved in a logistics company called Robert Addison Haulage, whose lorries have been a familiar site working the UK’s roads since the Second World War.
“Our family bought the company back in 1957,” he explained. “Robert Addison was a well-known farm-related haulage contractor in Aberdeenshire, and my family decided to keep the name. The local area is famous for its livestock, and we owned several cattle floats.
“The company moved into general haulage in the 1970s, although we only finally packed in the cattle floats a short time ago. Nowadays, the business is run by my younger brother Alastair. He currently operates a fleet of around 15 lorries, and most of the cargo is hauling finished timbers for builders’ merchants and pallet manufacturers. The company’s yard is still based at Craigmyle cornmill in the village.”
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